Credits:

Andre Previn, Young Uck Kim, Ralph Kirshbaum

Description:

A Masterful Performance of Ravel and Shostakovich by Three Rising Stars of the TimeThis recording has never before been released in Japan. This album showcases the outstanding abilities of Previna versatile figure known as a conductor, pianist, and composeras a chamber musician. While there is a 1996 re-recording of the Ravel works, this is the only recording of the Shostakovich pieces. It has never been released on CD overseas, making this the long-awaited world premiere CD release.At the time of recording, Previn was just 44 years old. While he later recorded several chamber music works for Philips and, around the same time, Brahms Piano Quintet (with the Aele Quartet) for EMI, his chamber music recordings are few and far between, making this a rare find. Combined with the cover artwhich is rather uncharacteristic of classical musicthis album stands out as a tr